Post your Easter weekend riding pics here

**young1** · 13th April 2009, 21:15

How about putting a picture (or two) up of what you have been up to on your bikes over the weekend.

Unfortunately we all couldnt make the Orongorongo ride but as it was such an awesome day here in the Naki I couldn't resist but go for a ride with my new Partner. Although she does have a licence (she learnt to ride "on a black bike" yonks ago) her more recent riding experience has only been a 20 minute trip to a coffee shop and back with me last November. So to see how she enjoyed a longer ride I managed to borrow all the necessary gear (boots, jacket and a slightly too tight helmet) I even relented and let her wear my BRAND new gloves (even I haven't worn them yet) and we headed up to Mokau for lunch.

To give her a small idea of what riding on gravel is about we detoured down Mimi Road (first picture and please ignore how far back she has got the helmet!!) on the way to Mokau. On the way back I was tempted to turn at Ahititi and go up to Kiwi Rd but thought that for a newbie passenger that might be a bit extreme, so we turned off at Urenui and went down to the beach for an ice cream (second picture).

The good news is that she enjoyed it, the bad news.... now we need to buy all the good gear for her!!

So lets see what the rest of you were up to!!

**junkmanjoe** · 13th April 2009, 21:33

as long as she enjoyed her self, maybe let her drive next time......

my weekend rides where cut short.

**young1** · 13th April 2009, 21:53

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

as long as she enjoyed her self, maybe let her drive next time......

my weekend rides where cut short.

Now that does sound like a Tui advert! She got her licence more than 20 years ago!

**marks** · 13th April 2009, 22:11

whats a nice girl like that doing hanging out with a deviate like you?

have you told her about your relationship with Baaarbara?

**young1** · 14th April 2009, 09:32

Originally Posted by marks

whats a nice girl like that doing hanging out with a deviate like you?

have you told her about your relationship with Baaarbara?

Baaarbara - I thought we agreed not to tell anyone about that Mark!!

**bart** · 14th April 2009, 09:47

6 days off work, and I didn't even get a ride in. Man, I've got to get my shit sorted out. The bike didn't even come out of the shed.

**MXNUT** · 14th April 2009, 12:18

Took the boat and the bike over to the Coromandel for the weekend.

The biking bit consisted of 4 hours on sunday afternoon where i went for a looksee around the Whangamata forests. I managed to find some markers from a recent trail ride and started to follow them.

It turned into a full on trail ride type of adventure on 3/4 worn crappy IRC road biased tyres so it was quite challenging.

Managed to stay upright and didnt get lost so it was quite a successfull afternoon.

pic`s nooo......

**MIXONE** · 14th April 2009, 12:27

Originally Posted by MOTOXNUT

Took the boat and the bike over to the Coromandel for the weekend.

The biking bit consisted of 4 hours on sunday afternoon where i went for a looksee around the Whangamata forests. I managed to find some markers from a recent trail ride and started to follow them.

It turned into a full on trail ride type of adventure on 3/4 worn crappy IRC road biased tyres so it was quite challenging.

Managed to stay upright and didnt get lost so it was quite a successfull afternoon.

pic`s nooo......

But did you catch any fish?

**slofox** · 14th April 2009, 13:02

Coffee stop at Tuakau - Easter Sunday - after negotiating SH22 through a blustering westerly...pretty boring picture...

**Cary** · 14th April 2009, 21:16

Quick blat in Woodhill forest Monday arvo was all i got in, worked Fri to Monday morn'

Actually did get down to Raglan via Port Waikato on Sat! no pics tho.

Mike, what tyre you got on the back?

**Waihou Thumper** · 15th April 2009, 13:33

A load of bikes, riders and a real mixture of machines!

**Waihou Thumper** · 15th April 2009, 13:35

For all to see....
It was a fun weekend, looking forward to the King Country ride ANZAC weekend!

**Waihou Thumper** · 15th April 2009, 13:38

This is the second to last lot of photographs...

**Waihou Thumper** · 15th April 2009, 13:40

These are taken all over the north, we had a great time, roads and weather was perfect!

**PeteJ** · 15th April 2009, 16:32

Some of my bikes went diving from the dinghy in the weekend.

You can see the speargun on the side of the dinghy below the motor if you try hard enough.

The Varadero just missed a kingfish.

Bet everyone else's bikes were too pussy to do that over Easter.

Bring on the "boat anchor" jokes...